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Marga van Praag: ‘My parents always told war stories with the same punctuation. I never heard the real story, about fear and guilt’

Marga van Praag: ‘My parents always told war stories with the same punctuation. I never heard the real story, about fear and guilt’

Former Jeugdjournaal presenter Marga van Praag reflects on growing up in the aftermath of World War II with parents who survived the conflict. She notes that while they shared repetitive stories, they rarely spoke of their true fear and guilt, creating a lingering atmosphere of anxiety during her childhood.

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